Buyers beware that the functionality of this Blink product and the Blink app have recently been downgraded by Blink and their parent company unless you pay for the subscription.

We have two Blink outdoor cameras that have worked with all features for over a year until recently. We also have the doorbell. All use the same app and had the same features. We initially chose Blink over its competitor because no subscription was necessary, all you needed was the Sync Module 2 (no USB needed) to be able to record, store approx 30 days worth of clips in the cloud, view thumbnails, and periodic photo capture. Now without subscription all you can do is Live View.

This is pretty useless and not what we bought the products for, and not as they were advertised to us at the time of sale. We are really unhappy with this recent change, disguised as the "end of a 30 day free trial". That's funny because I've been using the devices and app as described above for over a year with no issue.

Now all of a sudden Blink want £80 a year subscription fee in order to restore the original functionality. This feels like a push against Consumer Rights... They have deliberately disabled several features originally included as standard in order to squeeze more money from the unsuspecting consumer. Save your money and go with the other video doorbell competitor, maybe you won't feel cheated like we do.

Five Stars - This is the first review I have ever written. If I could give this product TEN STARS, I would. Before I bought the Blink Outdoor Two Camera System I did a lot of research. Nearly all of the other systems on the market had one or more of three deal breakers. 1) they were corded and needed either an outlet (outdoors) or to be hardwired. 2) If battery operated they had a very, very short battery life sometimes less than a week. And 3, they did not have internal storage and required a subscription, usually $5.00 or more a month for external or cloud storage. Blink cameras are battery operated with a battery life expectancy of up to two years, but the best feature is you can plug in a cheap thumb drive into the system and have unlimited local storage. All the settings can be operated remotely, including motion detection sensitivity and recording time. Settings can be set individually for each camera as desired. You can view, save or delete, all the clips anytime, anywhere. If you dont need to store videos, you just delete them from the thumb drive. It took less than ten minutes to install the app on or devices, and another five minutes to install each camera. We liked the system so much, we bought as third camera for our patio door.

For an off the shelf system, it’s very plug and play if you’re technically capable. It, naturally, is most functional when appropriately networked with the Blink subscription service and it’s fantastic that the application really does handle all that heavy lifting.

As for the cameras, they are fantastic. The microphones are excellent but the audio quality can be significantly muddled when the software tries to focus in on sounds. Voices can still be made out, words understood with some effort.

The night-vision is Fantastic. The motion detection is exemplary. The battery life is quite remarkable, but it really should be able to take 4 double A’s as opposed to the 2 it’s designed for as that would radically improve product longevity and performance.

I recommend picking up a large capacity USB drive to localize the storage for added piece of mind. Also, I didn’t use the included batteries: just go get a pack of Energizers.

This was a great purchase. Once I had it programmed to my group I realized the batteries sent were no good. Once I replaced them the camera worked perfectly. It is a used camera but camera functions as all the rest. This was a great camera at a discounted price. I wish I knew that eBay had these cameras earlier as I would have purchased 2 camera verses just one. This is a great platform for starter cameras for your home.